On any given night, more than half a million Americans and Canadians find themselves sleeping on the streets, in shelters, cars, and other places not meant for human habitation.
Drawing upon classroom ethnography and interviews with parents and pupils in urban central India, this book offers systematic sociological analyses of childhood, labour and schooling in postcolonial, post-liberalisation India.
Bringing together the most recent empirical evidence and the latest theoretical debates, this fully revised new edition gets to grips with a broad range of inequalities in people s lives.
Birthright citizenship has a deep and contentious history in the United States, one often hard to square in a country that prides itself on being "e;a nation of immigrants.
In the wake of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January 2015, millions took to the streets to demonstrate their revulsion, expressing a desire to reaffirm the ideals of the French Republic: libert , galit , fraternit .
Ce livre aborde le jugement injuste que les enfants portent parfois envers leurs parents, ignorant complétement tous les sacrifices qu’impliquent la protection, le maintien et l’éducation des enfants.
In 2005 a little motel which had been converted to condos years back became the target of greedy developers in the a city located in one of the beaches in the state of Florida.
In this book, leading experts present rigorous, readable studies of education policies and school markets in 11 European countries from Ireland to Ukraine, offering lessons for researchers, policymakers and educators.
This scathing critique of America's preoccupation with wealth and status in the Gilded Age continues to resonate more than a century after it was first published According to economist Thorstein Veblen, the leisure class produces nothing, contributes nothing, and creates nothing, yet exercises a peculiar control over American society.
Extraordinary true stories of the Irish in America, their remarkable rise from urban poverty, and the powerful dynasties they engenderedAuthor Stephen Birmingham, who chronicled the rise of Jewish immigrants to extraordinary wealth and success in "e;Our Crowd"e;, now turns his attention to the Irish.
This volume examines the role of education in shaping rates and patterns of intergenerational social mobility among men and women during the twentieth century.
In Normalized Financial Wrongdoing, Harland Prechel examines how social structural arrangements that extended corporate property rights and increased managerial control opened the door for misconduct and, ultimately, the 2008 financial crisis.
Birthright citizenship has a deep and contentious history in the United States, one often hard to square in a country that prides itself on being "e;a nation of immigrants.
Over the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Mexican American and African American cultural productions have seen a proliferation of upward mobility narratives: plotlines that describe desires for financial solvency, middle-class status, and social incorporation.
A 2019 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Social Class is the first extensive analysis of the most important themes and concepts in this field.
A 2019 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Social Class is the first extensive analysis of the most important themes and concepts in this field.
This book "e;A Handbook of Valuable Activities For Seniors"e; is useful tool for Senior and Adult participants to enrich their lives through a variety of recreational and social activities in an Adult Day Care.
Literacy education has historically characterized mass media as manipulative towards young people who, as a result, are in need of close-reading "e;skills.
Literacy education has historically characterized mass media as manipulative towards young people who, as a result, are in need of close-reading "e;skills.
In a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us, The Gatherings shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can come together to create meaningful and lasting relationships.
In a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us, The Gatherings shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can come together to create meaningful and lasting relationships.
In Art Work, Katja Praznik counters the Western understanding of art - as a passion for self-expression and an activity done out of love, without any concern for its financial aspects - and instead builds a case for understanding art as a form of invisible labour.
In Art Work, Katja Praznik counters the Western understanding of art - as a passion for self-expression and an activity done out of love, without any concern for its financial aspects - and instead builds a case for understanding art as a form of invisible labour.
